The Republican journal., 1887-07-14
The Anti-Saloon Movement.

toHl'lAL 81 PlpRr FROM REPU BLICAN LEAD
EES. LETTERS FROM UNITED STATES SEN
AIOE>.
During the last six weeks more than one
hundred prominent Republicans in different
parts of the country have written letters to
| Albert Griffin, chairman of the Anti-S,loon
| Republican National Committee, uneutlivocallv
approvin" the movement. OF that number
| nine are United States Senators and two cX-
| senators.
| Under date of June 10 Senator Dawes wrote
| from Ptt>tied, Mass:
| did not fail to respond to your kind invita-
| ton to attend the recent Anti-Saloon Republic
| can meeting in New York from anv lack of in
terc>t in or sympathy with the movement.
| was early with you in this matter, as YOU will
| call to mind, at our first meeting in Washing
| ton. then gave YOU my reasons for favorin9
| this advance of the Republican party. | write
| you now TO thank you for your letter, which
was unable then to answer, and to express the
| hope that perseverance will crown this most
worthy effort with success.
Senator Jonathan Chacc. of Rhode Island.
| wrote follows on June 81 from Valley Falls,
| RI:
| respond with pleasure to the letter of 18th
instant. as il is my wish also ''to stand up and
he counfc'r with those who wish to rid our
ter evils of the world, war and intcmperancc,
think the latter the greater. The saloon is
the enemy OF morality, religion and prosper
| ity; the ally of every form of crime and wick
| c'ineSs. and Il menace to the liberties of the
people, and am glad of your efforts to help
continue the one great political organization as
| dlStnctlvcly party of moral IDEAS and pur-
poses. while ut the same time caring for the
| material interests of the people. | bid you
God speed i'll your good work.
Ex-senator John !. Mitchell, of Pcnnsylva-
ma, wrote on June % from Wellsboro, Penn,
long an earnest letter, of which the most
striking passages follow:
l read with great interest the speeches and
some of the letters addressed to the Cooper
Union Anti-Saloon Republican meeting and i'm
reply to you: letter express myself heartily in
| accord with the spirit which pcrva,lcs them.
Still it is my opinion that for the present the
only wise and effective way to combat this
great evil by force of law is to restrain il bv
the most stringent limitations both of times
and places of sales of intoXicants which can
| be enforced under the state of public opinion
prevailing upon the subject from time to time.
| This plan divides the domain of this great
work into two fields of labor articulate,l to the
same end; the moral field in which all good
men and women have room to work with ali
| their missionary energies, and the political
vineyards i'll which AS many of them rs can get
| place or elect others who will forward their
| object can give the best attanabIc form of laws
| this monsiruI,s evil shaii he ,,InwnJ :" sf,Il
abroad ,t IFS own will unJcrminin" the nI,r.
ity. The personal security. ihe pcacc. Ihc Lanni
ness and the substantial nrosneritv of onr nrn-
will suddenly he JcstrovcI and ,h,t without
mercy. If In anv town civ mr. S,,t' if .,m hr
prohibited let If he lr,nishri. If from INV ',,v
| sacred 10 rc.i~ion or IN natyo,ism II ,.,n ~.
eNptrgatc'l, let that be done. Ii it can be
and in them he Lciier rryuI,teL amL hrom"hi
more under the It-ht of public scrutiny It's